ACHP Episode 447 Starbucks Administrative Leave
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then.
This is the intro Welcome to a
Cigar Hustler podcast episode
447.
It's Wednesday, January 13th,
2026 and Brittany Stephen
Kovich's birthday.
Happy birthday.
That was yesterday.
We covered that yesterday.
Yeah, but her birthday, oh,
birthday's today that we're
recording.
Her birthday was yesterday.
Happy birthday yesterday.
You're a mess.
Well, we're actually recording
on her birthday.
I can't believe Palmer just
pulled the fire alarm on that.
I'm Mike Palmer, your host and
with me today in engineering we
have boots.
I don't invite Brittany to my
parties either.
Hippelhauser.
Wow.
And my Co host Mikey.
I saw Preston today and I'm in
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Stepan Kevitch on today's show.
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Oh, American.
American Florida has a But it's
good news.
Florida has the cheapest gas
here.
Biggie, biggie, it's coffee
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Disney is officially unveiled
what might be the most exclusive
theme park ticket in history, a
$10 million Disney experience.
And it's not just about skipping
lines.
This ultra luxury package is
designed for elite travelers who
want Disney with 0 limits.
We're talking private jet
travel, five star resorts,
personal Disney concierge, VIP
park access and behind the
scenes experience.
Most people will never see $10
million.
I would imagine not many people
will see it at all.
Guests are flown between Disney
destinations around the world
including Orlando, California,
Tokyo, Paris and Shanghai, with
every detail handled from the
moment they leave home.
No security lines, no hotel
check ins, no waiting.
Just curated magic.
Inside the parks, the experience
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Guests receive.
Michael.
Guests receive.
Tell me.
After hours, private park
access, personalized character
interactions, and exclusive
dining events and guided tours
led by Disney historians and
Imagineers, you're not just
visiting Disney, you're stepping
inside its legacy.
Do you have to sleep in the
castle?
$10 million.
I'm sleeping wherever I want and
whatever Princess I want.
I.
Don't know if it works that way.
$10 million. $10 million man.
Yeah.
I would like Pocahontas and the
one with the long hair.
I don't know that sounds.
And I want to see Mickey's real
face.
The trip also includes luxury
cruise aboard Disney's newest
ships, Michelin level dining,
and custom experience built
around each guest entrance.
See, that's where you get the
princesses, whether that's Star
Wars, Oh, or Princess Leia,
apparently Marvel, Pixar or
classic Disney history.
So why $10 million?
Because Disney isn't selling
tickets anymore.
They're selling a once in a
lifetime storytelling at the
highest level of hospitality on
Earth.
Wow.
So with this in mind, we're
offering oh, wait, this is this
is something else.
So this is where we talk about
it.
Do you think all that stuff goes
in a row?
Is it like, I mean, they talked
about all the different parks,
the cruise ship, the private
jets, everything.
Do you like they pick you up one
day and you don't come back for
six years?
Well, first of all, I'm going to
tell Tim Tebow about you because
you want to talk.
You're talking about spending
millions of dollars so you can
sleep with princesses, and
that's a little creepy.
Why?
Why Tebow?
Though, Because he's all about
the sex trafficking thing and
he's putting us.
Down traffic, anybody?
This is what Disney's offering.
This is not traffic.
You're a contributing.
You're a contributing factor.
No, I'm not.
Yeah, no, that's a problem.
Not the same thing.
But go ahead, tell Tim I said
hi.
All right.
I'll tell Tim.
I heard he was on Epstein's
island, allegedly what I heard
he was on Epstein's.
Island.
No, he wasn't.
Don't you say that.
I heard.
He's on He's he's one of the
blackouts.
Don't you talk about the sweet
man, Tim.
Tim Tebow.
I just, is he playing on the
Buccaneers or something?
Then no, he's just a good guy.
Playing on Something's going to
come out OK, just oh, these are
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I'm getting back to my story
because I was prepared.
Well, I'm not.
I'm not prepared.
Obviously.
Well, Preston was here.
You get a little, you know how
it got.
Was was he prepared for a
Preston?
Show they didn't do a show, they
just chit chatted.
Oh, it was just catch up time.
It was just like a date.
Like like he was, he was
coaching Mikey on how to do his
own league.
They don't even do the facade of
the fake podcast anymore.
Oh, that what it is.
Nope.
They just hang out.
They're.
Just telling their wives that
there's a podcast now.
Oh, they're not selling the
podcast.
They're just creating experience
for them.
Correct.
We got it.
All right, so with all this in
mind, we're offering listeners
the Boots and Palmer once in a
lifetime Cigar Hustler podcast
experience.
Yes.
Finally, a way for us to make
money Boots.
All on Greg's dime.
Here's what you get. $10
million.
No, no, we're much more
reasonable.
Here's what you get.
You get to come in early on a
show day and participate with me
as I put the put up all the
equipment.
Nice, that's an experience.
Yeah, during the show you get to
sit with boots to make stupid
comments.
Perfect, you get to have your
own money makers pick of the
week.
Legendary.
I think that could be any better
than his.
Yeah, it could be worse either.
Wow, you get to read the show's
introduction and make fun of the
King.
Oh that is epic.
Oh this, this, this is the top
one here.
During the show, you get to
interrupt the King at least one
time while he's talking.
Minimum.
Right now.
Minimum.
And then, as Boots does every
afternoon, you get to offer to
help clean up, knowing that I
have anxiety about the equipment
and will say no, but you still
get credit for offering to help
clean up.
Hey Ioffer.
Now for all this you pay a one
time fee.
Tell me in cash.
I can't wait to hear this
number. $500.
Perfect.
Yeah, very, very reasonable.
We split it 25250.
All right, so listen now, you
said before that you want, you
wanted to sleep with the
princesses.
So for the $500, you get to
sleep with one of these dudes.
Oh.
It's not $2,000,000 for $10
million you can sleep with
boots.
It's over $2,000,000.
You'd give it up.
Wow a boots you said 10?
Well, for $10 million, you would
sleep with you.
You think that you're obligated
to sleep with the Princess So.
But for $2,000,000 someone can
sleep with you.
Oh.
OK, a dude, 2,000,000 dollars,
$2,000,000 No you don't.
Get 2 million.
Remember, we get to split it.
Only if you're participating in
the rubbish.
Oh, you're in on it.
Only if you're in on a boat.
You know what, not with me, but
I'll throw in Mikey's sweatpants
thing.
He'll wear sweatpants and watch.
Is that what he's saying?
I think so.
Oh nice.
He's about that life, that.
Life just like so.
All right, we have officially
gone off the rails.
We have officially gone off the
rails.
Oh God, all.
Right, and we're 8 minutes in.
So where are they calling?
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And Mitch, we won't talk about
sports.
Mitch got a bum shirt
apparently.
Just see that 11 little.
Sleeve.
Yeah, one sleeve.
One sleeve is jacking.
He didn't notice the lapping.
That's not our shirt, that was
his.
Yeah, that was not ACH 5 shirt.
That's a company shirt, right?
But the funny part?
He doesn't notice till halfway
through the day something.
Wrong.
Something's flapping on this
side.
I got.
It really tight, all right.
Florida drivers are seeing some
of the lowest gas prices in
years after a sharp decline of
about $0.17 per gallon over the
last 10 days.
You don't say.
Isn't it amazing?
That drop has pushed the
statewide average down to about
$2.69 per gallon, the lowest
average price since 2021.
This recent slide continues A
broader trend of falling fuel
cost.
Prices are now $0.14 lower than
a week ago and roughly $0.44
cheaper than they were at this
time last year.
Despite the statewide average,
prices still vary by region,
with the highest cost area in
like West Palm, Boca Raton
around 288 and cheapest pump
prices down on the Panhandle.
I guess it's up in a Panhandle
from here, 250 to 255.
Interestingly, this relief at
the pump comes even as crude oil
prices have ticket ticked
slightly higher.
A reminder that wholesale oil
markets and retail gas prices
don't always move in step.
For Florida drivers, the drop
means a noticeable reduction in
what you pay when you fill up,
marking a rare stretch of
sustained savings at the pump
that hasn't been seen in nearly
five years.
I heard food prices are going
down too in Florida.
This is all great news.
That was great news.
And the Santas is going to save
us all.
Did we?
It's the Santas, yeah.
Did we steal food from
Venezuela?
Probably oil took some, we took
some.
Maybe those, maybe those tankers
pulled up outside Florida.
Right.
I can understand the oil thing
like with the gas.
Could you, how can you
understand?
I'm curious as to how you can
understand the oil thing because
I don't think I can understand
the oil thing, but.
He's saying because the three
tankers we took full of oil
docked at Florida.
Is that what you're saying?
Yeah, yeah, we took them.
So because we took them, prices
have gone.
Down.
I just don't understand how gas
is more expensive in Boca.
Higher taxation, probably.
Versus the Panhandle.
They have higher taxation by
county.
Oh, you think so?
And they can't really add in the
Panhandle, so they don't know
what to do.
Oh, they're too close to bamboo.
Yeah, Alabama and Georgia
squeezed in between, so the math
ain't their big thing up there.
By the way, Skip just sent me a
text.
Alan Rubin has officially
announced that he is.
Oh yeah, to talk about it.
Part of Santa Clara.
So congratulations, Alan on your
on your release we.
Didn't fuck that up for him.
That's good.
And of course, Skip wrote in the
comments section, Oh, I heard
about that.
Heard about that on Scott.
Oh it's like I was your podcast
com perfect.
Congratulations, I heard about
it.
Congratulations.
You did.
Wow.
First we're hearing about this.
This is amazing news.
Thank you.
That's so.
It's so congratulations.
I mean, you got to love the fact
that the the ball breaking
carries on out of the podcast
and you know, it's fantastic.
So I thought you guys get a kick
out of.
It it's very nice.
Congratulations, Mr. Rubin.
So.
Gas prices are low.
Things are looking kind of up.
Right, they are, at least in
Florida.
Hopefully this could be a
Goodyear for everybody.
That's what we're hoping.
That would be nice.
Nice new year.
Yeah, I wouldn't.
Yeah, especially we get the
$500.00 for the VIP Experience
of Cigar Hosters podcast.
I mean, I'm, no, I'm no
economist, but allegedly,
supposedly if the Fed drops
their rate and interest rates go
down a little bit, right.
Yeah.
All of a sudden people can move,
move again without feeling the
pressure of jumping from, you
know, 4% interest on a home to
a, you know, to a 8% interest on
a home, whatever it is.
And then hopefully inventory
will kind of come back up and
maybe prices will come down on
homes as well.
Oh, that'd be nice.
Wouldn't that be nice?
That would be nice.
That's my theory at least,
right?
That could be possible.
You're an economist, so.
If.
You're looking to sell your
home.
You'll probably get ahead of the
curve and sell it now.
Oh, the prices are still high.
Is my camera crooked?
It looks.
It looks crooked.
Mine looks tricky too.
If the prices are high, nobody's
going to buy it though.
No, there's still people out
there in the market, but as
inventory increases, price will
come down.
Which is when more people will
buy.
Right.
So you want to sell it while
your price is high?
Right.
But if I was going to buy a
house right now, I would wait
because you just said the prices
are going to come down.
Some people can't wait.
Oh OK, right.
I guess they got transferred or
something.
Yeah, it's like buying a car,
right?
Like if you had to buy a car
right now.
Well, I waited almost a year so.
Nothing really changed by then.
Do you think anything changed in
the marketplace within that
year?
My personal financials.
Right, but nothing in the
marketplace.
Oh, I don't know.
I didn't look at cars a year
ago.
OK.
Yes.
But congratulations on your car.
It's a beautiful car.
Thank you.
Thank you.
OK, All right.
A Starbucks employee is facing
national backlash after
allegedly delivering a cup of
coffee to a police officer with
a drawing of a pig on the lid.
Come on, that's funny.
Was he being a Dick?
Yes, he was being a Dick.
You can't just be he wasn't He
was trying to be a it was a
joke.
I.
Don't think so.
I don't know man, I.
Don't think cops take that very
well.
I think it depends on who the
cop is.
Well, if you're friends with a
cop.
But I mean, if I go into
Starbucks and I'm a police
officer and I'm just here to get
a cup of coffee and my coffee
comes with a pig on it.
I mean if it said FU pig or
something like that.
Then still a pig.
It's a derogatory statement.
It's not like it's a term of a
Dermot.
Was that an officer?
Maybe it's a fraternity.
Was it a cute pig?
Was it Porky the pig?
No, it wasn't Porky the pig.
It wasn't.
It didn't.
It wasn't like, you know, a
third grader drew.
The pig did.
It have pants.
No, it's just a face.
Just a face.
And they say the story says on
the lid, but the picture I saw
showed it on the side of the box
with the side of the cup with
his name under it.
So like Phil and then a pig
drawn above it.
Big face.
Maybe the guy just likes pigs.
I hate that this stuff gets
social media attention.
Well, let's read on.
Yeah, let's see.
Let's figure this out.
Right.
The incident reportedly took
place when an off duty officer
stopped at a Starbucks location
to pick up a drink during a
routine shift off.
Duty.
It says off duty but it's the.
Most, but he's in his uniform.
Drawing of a Penguin.
Illegal to.
Place.
Officer Oh, it's like he just
got off duty.
To pick up a drink during a
routine, it says during a
routine shift.
But it said, oh, they're on on
duty.
Sorry Typhanada goes to the next
line.
Sorry on duty officer stop to
Starbucks location to pick up a
drink during a routine shift.
According to the officer,
everything seemed normal until
he noticed a small hand drawn
pig sketch near his name on the
cup lid, a symbol widely used
online to mock law enforcement.
The officer shared the image on
social media, saying he felt.
I'm sorry, are we bothering you?
My things turned all the way
off, even the volume.
No, it's not.
Yes, it is.
There's a silent button.
That's soft too.
See if it was on.
Yeah, you picked up yours though
to see if it was you.
The officer shared the image on
social media, saying he felt the
drawing was disrespectful and
unnecessary.
I go in there just like anyone
else.
I pay for my drink and I expect
to be treated with basic
respect, he wrote.
The post quickly went viral,
parking intense debate.
Some people defended the
officer, saying the drawing
crossed the professional line
and showed open hostility toward
police.
Others argued it was harmless,
saying the employee was
expressing personal opinion and
not targeting the officer
directly.
Starbucks responded by releasing
a statement saying they were
aware of the situation and were
investigating internally.
The company emphasized that the
strive to create a welcoming
environment for all customers
and do not support behavior that
could be interpreted as
disrespectful or discriminatory.
The employee involved has
reportedly been placed on
administrative leave while the
company reviews store policies.
Employee Conduct Guidelines
Story has reignited larger
conversations about respect for
law enforcement, freedom of
expression in the workplace, and
how political and social
tensions continue to spill into
everyday interactions.
For now, what started as a
simple cup of coffee has become
another flashpoint and the
ongoing national debate over
policing, accountability and
mutual respect.
Where did the the pig symbol?
Come from.
Originate, yeah.
I don't know.
I think it was back in the 70s,
but I don't know why they
started calling.
If only got pigs.
If only there was some sort of
device.
Like like like why would you
draw a pig face?
Like why won't you just draw
like a Wiener?
Call him a Dick.
Because they refer to police
officers as pigs.
But I think it's just derogatory
no matter what, right?
Pig is derogatory no matter
what.
Well, they're just like, as a
derogatory image no matter what.
Like, oh, you're a pig, That's
bad.
Well, yeah, if you call somebody
a pig, it means that they're
like fat or something, I guess.
Or, or I guess it could, yeah.
Large of a large person.
So why would it matter which
picture you drew?
Yeah, I don't know.
I mean.
Administrative leave just
resigned man at Starbucks.
Like we're not talking about a
career here.
I know.
And it said, well, first of all,
instead of ministration, well,
you gotta think.
Well, first of all, Starbucks
got to love this to some degree
because now they're, you know,
they're getting all this
attention for no reason.
Yeah, free advertisement.
Well, but it's, yeah, yeah, I
guess.
It originated from in early 19th
century England, with the
earliest documented use
appearing in Francis Gross's
Lexicon by Like Tronicom.
Say that one more time.
Say that one more time.
That's as good as you're going
to get a little.
Louder.
Nope.
Nope, I'm a cigar guy.
I'm not a Harvard grad 1811,
but.
When I say things wrong, I'm an
idiot.
How does this work?
Yeah, well, but see, the
difference is that I have no
problem saying I'm an idiot.
I have problems saying you would
get upset with it.
Oh, no problem, you call me.
As a police officer specifically
referencing a a China St. pig
slang for a bow street officer.
Part of the early Bow Street
Runners, an 18th and 19th
century London investigation
police force based at Bow Street
Magistrates Court, OH.
That's.
Where it came from?
China and the UK it.
Came from the UK so it is bad
though.
Yes, OK, but like it's a kid
behind the counter.
Could he just been screwing?
He or she just been screwing
around just made a joke, haha.
This is going to be funny.
Like that's very possible, you
know, for one.
Let's say it was a large,
unattractive woman and he drove
pig on the cup and gave it to
her.
Maybe she likes piggies.
It was a large unattractive.
Yeah, he was saying she was a
pig.
Is that OK If?
The cop was a pig, no?
No, he already did the cop
thing.
I'm saying let's say it's not a
cop.
He gives a cop with a pig on it
to a lady he finds unattractive
he thinks is fat.
Well, that's not at that point.
That's not, it's not a joke at
that point, right?
Like they're making fun of
something.
Why?
Is it a joke to use the
derogatory?
I mean, it's not like that that
term is used in in a show of
affection for police officers.
No, no, I'm not saying listen,
like here's my point.
It's like I'm not saying that
it's very easy to to misconstrue
information that's given to us.
Sure, right.
Certainly.
And you don't know who the
person was.
You don't know if it was a kid
or somebody angry.
It could have been either and.
And it could he had he had
something against police
officers or.
Or it could have just been a bad
joke.
Or maybe just likes Winnie the
Pooh.
Now that's my point.
Like it's very possible that
that, that, that could be it,
right?
So.
So I'm not about to go up in
arms about a drawing and saying
this is the problem with our
society and all this political
yada.
Yada.
I can see the cop's point of
view.
He put it on his social media,
like, look, this is what I got
to deal with every single.
Now with that being said, one of
the things that I have a big
issue with you're.
At Starbucks, man do.
You resent me.
It's really hard life being a
cop there, huh?
He's at Starbucks right now.
I mean, look, if you're really
that upset about it as a cop,
you can say who made this, like,
I'm going to go pull your van
outside, wait till you get out.
Like, you know what I mean?
You can make it.
Go check your plate.
But you can make that guy's
life, you can make that person's
life miserable.
I'm going to get you fired.
That would have been better than
putting it on social media,
actually.
Right.
So there's that.
But you know, one thing that
we've seen in policies that have
been happening a lot with
government, which I totally
disagree with, is the fact of
there a lot of police officers
in specific jurisdictions are no
longer allowed to smoke cigar or
have nicotine content during or
after or at all and while
they're serving, right?
So you include cigarettes, See
what do?
What do cigarette smokers do?
Yeah, they can't go 8.
Hours.
That's, that's my point.
They're not allowed.
You're not allowed to smoke
anymore for a lot of these
places.
But look, here's the reality.
It is a high intensity job.
You have to deal with so much
stuff, but you know, you got a,
you got a transition from the
crackhead to the domestic
violence to, to all of these
different things and like.
Pig drawers.
And like, you don't even get it.
Like and not to mention, yeah,
pig drawings, right?
But here's my.
Point They're not your favorite
donut.
Like if you could take the edge
off for that cop and give them
the opportunity to kind of
unwind a little between
stressors, like everybody would
be better off.
The cop would be better off
Society would be because if if
someone were to do that to me
and I'm like, yeah, whatever,
you know, I mean, like it's just
the, it's the FU.
It's FU buddy.
It's like, alright, FU 2.
And then I just keep it moving
instead of saying, look at all
the crap I got to deal with as a
police officer, and then I'm
just trying to get a damn cup of
coffee.
And then there's this, right,
Right.
Maybe it would have been easier
for them if they had that.
Why do you keep laughing?
Sorry, I got some plate in my
head.
OK, I don't know.
Well, I'm going to do it after
I'm going to.
I'm going to play a role play
thing with Palmer after this.
Oh I love.
Her maybe that person you know
could use a little bit of a
break is all I'm saying.
That the copper, the drawer, the
cop?
Oh yes, I don't know who needed
the break.
Well, the drawer's getting the
break.
He's getting administrative
leave from Starbucks barista.
He's going to go to Duncan and
be fine.
You're right, he's going to
transition over.
Transition over to Duncan.
Yeah, you want a donut with
that?
You.
Think you think that was
exactly.
In the in the hierarchy of
coffee places, Duncan is a step
down from Starbucks.
Yeah, I guess.
I think it depends upon the
region 2.
Different places.
Because some Starbucks are nice,
some of them look like shit, no?
No, no, that's not what I'm
saying.
Like as far as the South East is
concerned, like Florida or
whatever, I think that Starbucks
is the superior option.
However, if you go to
Massachusetts or you know, you
know, New England, the Northeast
area, Duncan dominates and
people where you have Starbucks
a lot of times, like, yeah, but.
Starbucks.
It originated up there, right?
No, I think it originated in
Washington.
No, no.
Starbucks originated in
Washington.
Yeah, I meant Duncan.
Yeah, Seattle's best coffee is
what's out West, right?
And then in Canada, it's that
other company.
Well, who cares?
The only guy that cares is John
Mctavish.
He's one of our number one fans.
Oh.
They have Tim Horton's.
Tim Horton has one thing there.
Yeah.
All right, So what do you want
to do here?
So.
How we role play?
What do I want?
You're going to be the cop.
OK.
I'm going to be the piggy guy.
OK, so I'm waiting to.
I'm waiting the.
Barista.
Yeah, I'm going to be the
barista.
Sorry.
We'll, we'll leave the piggy out
of it because we're going a
different route here.
All right, you're going through
the drive through.
OK, Come up to the drive through
and and order your coffee.
Yeah, I'd like a plain black
coffee please.
Would you like a donut with
that?
No, thank you.
Oh, Are you sure?
Yes, I'm going to give you a
donut.
I don't want a donut.
They don't have a donut.
You look like you want a donut.
You don't have Donuts here.
I'm going on administrative
leave that.
Was terrible that was terrible
that made you laugh.
Better than the piggy thing.
That made you laugh, the whole
thing.
They don't sell Donuts at at
Starbucks.
First of all, if you're a
criminal, stop.
Like putting your crime in front
of everybody, OK, Because
evidence will Glock you up,
right?
So why'd you draw the piggy?
You could have done that.
So you think that that's.
Oh, So what you're saying is why
draw an image that can be but
when you say something if it's
not being recorded?
Yes, OK.
Yeah, would you like a doughnut?
Bro, you're wild man.
I.
See what he's saying?
So he's insulting the cop by
saying would you like a
doughnut?
Right.
Right.
I mean.
What an idiot.
There's what, 3 or 4 people
working in a Starbucks at one
time?
Like they can't figure out who
drilled the.
Pig like they can't be
interpreted as a joke either
You're you're just being an
outright asshole at that Yeah
you know oh, you are a don't
know that pig why did.
It say pig.
Whatever.
He never said pig, he said
officer.
But you could have because it
wasn't recovered.
Or was he?
From the officer.
Officer, I said.
Officer.
Officer, would you like a
doughnut?
I think that.
I just think it's crazy that
they have, like, all these
things that they associate cops
with, like, oh, Mr. Cobb, Mr.
Don King, like, would you say
something?
Don King.
Yeah.
Don't you remember the thing in
LA?
Was it in LA?
It wasn't Don.
King, huh?
Don King's the.
No, he was the guy in motor.
Oh, who's the guy in?
Rodney King.
Rodney King, his brother Rodney.
Yeah, wasn't the guy with the
hair, it was the guy.
Amazing.
See, and This is why we do this
podcast and someone's going to
call one of us an idiot.
Wow, that guy, I knew it was
he's.
Not allowed to say names.
Yeah.
We learned anything from this
story, You know, More pigs.
No more.
No.
More.
The sad part is though that he
is off camera, so he's going to
talk and one of us will be on
camera and they'll affiliate us
as the idiot.
Well, you were on the camera.
That's a perfect. 25.
See, if you were in your
sweatpants, nobody would have
saw that, yeah.
It's true.
Here's.
The the new lap camera.
OK.
Mikey, do you have a video?
No, but I do have a topic that I
want to discuss with you.
I'm sorry, we don't have that
set up for the show.
I know, that's why I started to
work that's not prepared.
That's not prepared.
That's not the way it works.
OK, so check this.
On the cigar news, No, no.
No, I got AI got a honest
question to to ask you guys.
Yes, sweatpants would look fine.
Thank you so much.
God's sake.
Perfect.
And I don't think Preston has
another friend.
That's fine.
All right, we got it.
OK, you're still beating the
dead horse.
Pressed.
Yes, he keeps laughing.
Dude, I'm.
Oh, you know what?
I'm sorry.
We'll get you think of me.
OK.
We should have had him stay and
he could have done this job and
I could sit over there This.
Poor that poor guy.
No, you leave him alone.
That would.
Have.
Been fun only if he pays $500
that.
Would have been fun for no $500.
I got to hang out with him the
entire day and stuff, and then
you got to take him alone.
Just during the show, didn't you
hear the whole description?
Comes early.
I'm stuck all day.
Watch the show's not till 3:00
in the afternoon.
No, I don't like to mix my
friends.
You leave him alone.
Then why am I working on his
show now?
Because I like to mix my friends
but not in my workspaces.
Download it.
No, it's not.
I see the.
OK.
What's your question?
Sorry, what is your topic?
So like, how do you So what?
What's one way that a brand can
kind of grow almost organically?
And no, it doesn't matter if
it's in cigars or anything.
Oh, that was the next question.
You know, grow organic.
Yeah, Have to bring awareness to
the brand.
OK.
So like, how does a consumer
that's already consuming it
bring awareness to the brand?
How does a consumer do it?
Yeah, like how do you like?
Yeah, that's how it works for a
lot of it.
OK, so like I'm drinking Coke
and I want more people to drink
Coke just because I like.
Coke, right?
So what do you do?
Take pictures with the coke.
You get the coke to other
people.
You when you go to parties and
stuff, you bring coke with you.
Or you just say, hey, this is
the best.
I love this.
This is a great Coke.
This is an awesome soda.
This tastes great.
This is like this is.
My do that where there are
other.
People, this is my go to.
You stay around people and
people are like, oh, I gotta try
this.
Is a coke.
I like this coke.
This is a good Coke.
Yeah, so, so that's so, you
know, and then when other people
see that you're doing something
in particular, then they're
like, oh, well, you know, even
if they don't know you like that
guy really likes that.
I should probably give that a
shot.
Sure.
Right.
OK.
So you see this trend that
happens on social media a lot,
especially when it comes to like
crypto buying or like anything
that's kind of scam.
Somebody all the sudden we were
talking about this recently.
Well, why would they want your
social media account?
Because they can log in and then
they can slide you in somewhere
else and say, I love so and so's
crypto.
That guy is a guru and he knows
everything, right?
And you, you actually see that
Well, for the first time I saw
that was cigars and it was
crazy.
So somebody did a post here on
the Cigar Cigar Hustler Facebook
page talking about the new Opus
ex society that we carry, Right.
And then what happens was an
account came in and said, I
wish, I wish I could find Opus
for good prices.
I saw that.
And then somebody beneath that
said, oh, go here, this is the
best place to go if you.
And then the other, then the guy
from the top said, oh, thanks so
much for telling me that.
Or something like that.
So for one, you go to those
accounts and those accounts are
bogus.
Are they really?
Yeah, they're not.
They're there's minimal
information on them.
So a website that's looking to
promote themselves is now going
to other pages, other Facebook
pages that are talking about
Opus and then plugging in fake
stuff to kind of build their
propaganda for people going to
their site.
You.
Think they're doing that through
AI?
What's that?
You think they're doing that
through?
AI it's possible or it's just
bots?
You know they mentioned you.
No.
No, no, another.
Well, that's going to take me to
the other part.
Other people mentioned US and
they said they're like, hey
idiot like this is on this page,
maybe you should go.
Yeah, go see these guys.
Really classy.
Now what's here's what's even
cooler about that?
One of the guys that said that
is actually another retailer.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, he may, he may, he may.
But he, you know, but he's
entrenched in the industry.
His name's Jeff.
He's part of Classic Cigars
Tulsa.
And he said hey, hey.
Or you know, like maybe you
should check out this place
that's promoting it and real
classy of you to kind of.
Slide that in off the cigar
hustler thing.
Yeah, I got you.
I got you.
And I'm like, how?
First of all, how shady is it of
the first retailer to do that,
which is wild to me.
And they're a big one, right?
And then I'm like, how cool is
it of some of the other
retailers to stick up for the
other retailers?
Like that is awesome.
And like that's what I love
that.
Like that would if I took
anything away from that.
I thought that was absolutely
fascinating.
I really wanted to share that
story with you.
If people are on social media,
you need to be weary of what's
going on with this fake stuff,
like people who are purposely
act like they're doing something
and they're not real.
And even if they are an account,
they could have just been
hacked.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
And not to mention that, like,
community is super important
when it comes to working
together.
You know, another thing that I
saw was Joe Pasquale is now he's
going, he's started his own
podcast.
Oh, did he?
Yeah.
Oh, I didn't know.
That with his own with the
retailer that he's doing and
looks pretty good.
So he's got some good, some good
cameras and some stuff and it's
a nice setup.
It's kind of similar to ours in
some fashion.
And I'm like, absolutely, man,
this is great.
The more of that, more more I
see of that, the, the, the
happier I am because that'll be
better for this industry.
Sure.
OK, my rant's over.
I think we make it look
incredibly easy to do after 7 or
going on year eight.
Yeah, yeah, that's true.
Makes more people want to do it.
Like, oh, those idiots did it
and I could.
Do it I mean that's so true and
I will tell you this that you
know, I'm starting to see more
clips from people and that's
probably be.
I don't know if it's because
it's probably because of us.
Well, we did it and look, but
the reality is that that's all a
good thing.
Like you want all of that to
happen and build so that we can
increase our consumers and a
better understanding of this
whole thing that we do.
So more power to all you guys
keep doing what you're doing.
You know, the, the podcasters
that listen to us, the retailers
that, that, that support us and
all like, let's, let's keep
going, man.
Let's keep, let's keep this
thing on on that right level.
And you're welcome for us being
The Pioneers.
You don't know that, dude.
You don't.
You can't say that well.
I'm just doing my AI thing.
Betting on it, you know he's a
big gambler.
He's a yeah, and he just bet
it's a, he bet it on Kelsey or
whatever that thing is called.
Cashy.
Yeah, Cashy.
Cashy, who did he bet on
yesterday?
Just so we can check it, Is it
tomorrow?
Today.
Is today the games today, so we
have to find out.
Tomorrow.
Yeah, you have to release it
tomorrow.
Michigan State.
Michigan State over Michigan to
take over Michigan.
I knew it was somebody over some
state thing, all right.
Cigar News M Bombay's Maura
returns with a pair of aged
releases.
Since 2020, Mel Shaw's M Bombay
brand has been relatively
dormant, at least until last
year, when it's cigars began
appearing at stores last year.
The department of the redundancy
department.
The company has announced that
it is bringing back its Mora
brand with the with new yet old
cigars.
The blend is new, or at least
different from the one that was
introduced in 2014, but the
cigars were rolled in 2019.
For this release, Mora is using
a Mexican San Andreas wrapper
over an Ecuadorian binder and
fillers from Honduras,
Nicaragua, and Pennsylvania.
In contrast to 2014, blend uses
a Dominican wrapper over a
Peruvian binder and fillers from
Dominican Republic in Ecuador,
like with the original in Bombay
cigars.
So it's the same cigar break,
completely different.
Oh perfect, it's exactly the
same.
However, it's not the same.
The same, not the same.
The new In Bombay, mores are
offered in two vitolas, the
Robusto and the Toro.
Because the cigars were rolled
in 2019, there are limited
quantities of each.
In Bombay says that there are
2768 boxes.
It's kind of a weird number of
the Moro Robusto with 2764 boxes
of the Toro, and Bombay says the
cigars are shipping this week.
Are we going to get more of the
Moro?
Well, we don't carry.
We don't carry in Bombay.
But we've had.
I've heard good things about.
Him I have too, you know, but
I've never had one.
And I and he, I did notice he
disappeared and that he has come
back.
Well, it's very tough.
You know this is a hard
industry.
He had some family problems or
something if I remember
correctly.
I think that he started focusing
on wine as well as what I heard.
Could be.
Oh, he developed a drinking
problem.
Is that what you say?
Wine's probably easier.
Cigar's tough.
A lot of people drink wine.
Yeah, yeah.
OK Boots, do you like wine?
No, I hate it.
You hate wine?
Gives you headaches.
Yeah, it gives me headache.
What if there was like a Reese's
Peanut?
Butter the tannins.
Is it the tannins that give you
the headache?
The what?
The tannins.
No, it's the sulfites.
What if there's a Reese's Peanut
Buttercup wine?
Would you drink that?
Wouldn't be a wine, that would
be a liqueur.
Are you sure?
And I would drink that.
What if they stepped on them
like grapes and a little bit of
liquid comes out and they just
do a lot of them?
Again, it would be a liqueur and
I would drink.
Why does it have to be a
liqueur?
How would that be a wine?
Because they're mashing it, like
with grapes.
But because you step on it, then
it has to be a wine.
Yeah, that's like how to be an
expert.
You have to eat three of them.
And how do you make wine?
You have to step on it with your
feet.
Anything you step on with your
feet is considered wine.
Hey.
How come when we have the police
story, we didn't call down the
Herv?
That'd have been a great time to
call somebody.
Oh well, you.
Probably should have mentioned
it at that time.
Yeah, I.
Forgot, but too late.
Now what?
You want to call and call them
piggy, piggy, piggy and see what
happens.
I just want to ask them like,
hey, if I call you a pig, do you
get angry?
Do like you're well, you can't
maybe you guys big people.
Can't say if you call them pig
because we could probably call
them pig without any problem.
You have to say if you were at
Starbucks and somebody drew a
pig on your coffee cup.
Jerry.
Jerry would probably go.
With Caleb getting.
Oh look, it's a cute pig.
Yeah, I think Jerry.
Yeah, I don't see Jerry getting.
He's infected.
Yeah, I think so.
I don't think Jerry.
Or maybe Geo he you know, he
does the roid rage stuff.
It's.
Very possible.
Jerry might go what's your name,
pig?
Just put a pig on the cup,
that'll be fine.
Perfect.
You know, if you want to just
Draw Something, do you?
Want to Draw Something on?
It I'm glad that I'm dealing
with Starbucks and that crack.
Right.
And why aren't you and I got
news for you.
Why aren't you ordering a head
anyways?
They have no idea.
Yeah, yeah, like you want to hit
the button.
Well, it sounds like he walked.
He had to have.
Walked in.
That's what I'm saying.
Just use the app, order it and
walk in.
They'll have no idea.
Well, maybe it takes longer and
he want to know a little breaky
break.
Yeah, I don't think it takes
longer.
Oh, it takes longer to go and.
Take to go inside, wait in line,
right?
Yeah, maybe when he does that
they give him discounts on
coffee.
He went in because he was in the
uniform.
He was in uniform.
There could be more to this
story.
Maybe something happened to this
guy's family member that drew
the pig.
First of all, there's always
something, there's always more
to the story.
Right, what is so?
Never mind, there's a lot of
questions you could ask, but
some of them seem to be racist
in my head.
There probably are.
So I'm just going to.
Let it go.
You don't want to come across as
racist.
That's no.
I haven't.
I don't want to do that.
Yeah, I haven't done that in
months.
Right.
Cigar Oasis expands Oasis pack
offerings Cigar Oasis, a company
best known for its electronic
humidifiers, has expanded.
They do different types of Oasis
pack portable humidification
packs it offers.
What is it doing with the
writing this week?
Cigar Oasis company is best
known for to write it.
Yeah.
No, no half wheel stories I take
directly.
Oh.
But it's also why they had the
titles at the top, so I have now
deleted titles.
Must have been a lot of lemonade
and cocoa nibs.
Oasis Pack is a private label
brand made by Integra Products
for cigar.
Oasis is offered in two
different sizes, a 67g pack that
can be used in a desktop
humidifier and an 8g pack that
is made for travel humidors and
for shipping cigars.
Previously the 67g was offered
in a 69% at 75%, but they're OK.
Slow Newsday apparently, but
there are now 65% and 72%
options as well, regardless of
the humidity level it's priced
at.
Oh, anybody want to guess?
It's fun game?
One pack.
It's a pouch.
This is the pack, the bigger
pack.
What's it sell for?
OK, you want to was.
That 10 in it.
No one.
This one you want to go. 599.
$7.00. 550.
Yes, that's a great price.
That's a great price.
You know, it is kind of
remarkable.
Are you done?
Because I, I there's something
that that's interesting about.
This whole, well I mean also the
company added a 69% level for
the 8 grand packs too.
Oh, right, right.
Like the other two way
manification packs, the Oasis
pack comes wrapped in plastic,
blah blah blah blah.
I think the bobo does are like 4
though.
Now that I say, I said.
Yeah, I think they're 499. 399
or maybe they are 490. 9
Alright, go ahead, what are we
going to?
Say, what is kind of interesting
is this is a company that has
been built this entire time
about this fan operating.
System right?
I had one.
Right.
And now they're pivoting off of
it and getting into the pouches,
right?
Well.
Yeah, 'cause they're not selling
probably anymore, 'cause the
people that bought them don't
need them, 'cause they last for
so long.
Well, they've obviously seen
that the that the pouches are
cutting into their market share
sell better.
So instead of just continuing to
try and run against it, they're
going to compete in that
marketplace, which is
interesting.
And but unfortunately it doesn't
sound like, I don't know what
the current pricing is for
Bovida, but they have to be, you
know, if you're if somebody's
already in that space.
And and.
They're offering something
that's exactly the same.
You can't come in at a higher
price point and think that
you're going to compete.
Maybe they're thinking there's
less longer, or maybe they're
saying there's less longer.
Maybe.
I don't know, could just call
it.
They do seem fatter and wetter
than a Bovida.
The Bovidas feel better made.
That was just amazing what you
just said.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Fatter and wetter.
Fatter and wetter.
Don't think I would have gone
there.
So you guys feel exciting when I
say fatter and.
Wet, but you think that the
bovida.
Too bad you both don't have
sweatpants on, I can tell.
If you could just say I'm
Preston fatter and wetter,
that'd be great.
I need you to role play.
For me, say that, what now?
I just need you to roll.
What do you want me to say?
No, I don't want to.
I Preston.
So.
So my point is though, yeah.
And I didn't know what to do.
Yeah.
So my point is that you just
said Bovidas look like they're
built better though, Yes.
So if they if they look like
they're built better and they're
a better price point, then why
would you go and you know, I'm
going to buy this for a higher
price.
Because it lasts longer.
Gotcha.
My desktop humor has a little
tiny Oasis in it.
Yeah.
Just because I already had it.
It's still there.
Well, I mean, no investment.
You put some water in it every
once in a while, you're good to
go.
Oh, it's that type of an Oasis.
I don't know if it was a boat.
Yeah, yeah, it's a no, no.
It's a little Oasis about this
big.
OK, it's like a little sponge.
There's a sponge in it.
Yeah, yeah, and a fan, but it's
tiny.
It's a little guy.
A little guy, all right?
El Septimo adds Canadian
distribution via to back
Arsenal.
Oh, John Mctavish is going to be
so excited.
Guys, El Septimo is now
available in Canada.
Yeah, Yep.
Yeah, I imagine so.
How was it not?
Isn't that guy like French or
something?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What is it with Canada?
Isn't Canada predominantly?
French, French Canadians, French
Canadians, but that's not owned
by France.
There's French people there,
French Canadians, so there's
French people there, so.
Yeah, you should be there.
That's an interesting approach.
I'm just saying, I mean the
demographic.
I mean, I guess you would think.
How is Don King not in Canada?
You know what I mean?
L Septimo.
Well, you read the title.
I shouldn't have read the title,
damn it.
Halfway on their titles.
We'll just do better.
L Septimo has announced that it
has entered into the Canadian
market via a new distribution
agreement with to Back Arsenal.
Sound like a soccer team?
The company's cigars began
arriving in the country last
week, and consumers should start
seeing them on store shelves
before long.
Looking at the distributor's
website, it is carrying a
handful of selections from
across El Septimo's portfolio at
the moment, including the Sacred
Arts collection, Sacred Arts
collection Raphael Sorry, the
Sacred Arts Collection,
Rembrandt and the Emperor,
Emperor Collection Augustus
Connecticut, the Emperor
Collection Yahoo Connecticut and
the Emperor Collection Empress
Shiba Maduro.
Beyond Elsa Timo Tobacco Arsenal
distributes PDR cigars,
Sinclair's cigars, other well
known as Paleo and Zeicar
accessories which are part of
Quality Importers Trading
Company.
The company is located just
outside Toronto and somewhere in
Ontario.
I have no idea how you say that
in.
I want to hear it.
It's French Ito Boco.
Ito Boco.
Ito be coke.
Ito be coke.
I don't know, it's French
atomic.
It's French in Ontario.
What does it mean?
Is it that means?
You drink more coke, They like
coke there too like you said
earlier.
Eto Coke.
ETOBI Coke, C, OK E.
There you go.
That's how you get more people
like you name a city and a
country.
Drink more Coke.
That's.
Probably what it means Drink
more coke in Canadian so.
You call Greenland, Greenland
when you show up, it's just ice.
Right, Green and Greenland.
Gotham.
Yeah, well, nobody wants to come
here.
I'd love to hear John Mctavish
pronounce this place.
Yeah, John Mctavish, when you
send me your next message, can
you do a audio of how you say
this country he.
Will unfortunately, it's going
to take him about three months.
Right until he catches up.
Well.
He should by then.
I'm going to go.
What the hell are you talking?
About right, I don't.
I don't know what's going on
here.
But.
Which he should do it in an
Arnold Schwarzenegger voice.
Why?
Yeah, you didn't know he does
that?
Well, we have an Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
John Mccavage does.
He likes to do impersonations.
He does.
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I believe he does, but it's not
as good as.
Well, it's the Canadian
Schwarzenegger.
Oh, he says a a lot of time
talks about bacon that's round
and flat like ham.
Yeah.
Oh, I gotcha.
All right.
The Bolcock brothers are at it
again, fellas.
Another college.
Another.
College.
Go ahead fellas.
Bolcock Brothers, a boutique
cigar maker known for his
officially licensed collegiate
editions, has just expanded its
lineup with two standout
releases tailored for college
fans and cigar aficionados
alike.
Can we guess guess guess the?
By the way, I'll make it easy
for it.
There is a college and then a
specific player not at this
college.
Oh, so it's only 1 College 1?
Player 1 College one player so.
He's not at the college.
Not as far as I.
Know or he used to be at the
college.
That I have no idea.
Yeah, it's Miami and Marvin
Harrison.
Nope.
Or Michael.
I'm sorry.
Michael Irvin.
Nope, I feel like they're in the
South, he said.
Michael Irclot.
Did he say Michael Irclot no
Irvin?
Is it the Gators?
No FSU.
Are we just going to keep going
to your name every college?
I'm going to name.
Let me give you like 3 names.
Is it every one more?
It's not Ed Reed.
It's not what?
Ed Reed.
It's Ed Reed.
It's Ed Blue Ferrigno.
Is it?
Are you going to guess?
I guess he already guessed
there's three.
Miami and Michael Irvin.
He yelled them out.
That was 1.
He doesn't need any more.
He said Marvel.
Marvin Harrison.
He said Marvin Gaye.
That was the wrong 1 though.
He.
Thought it was Marvin Gaye.
Guess another.
College.
OK, give us a region.
No, just guessing.
How his place is.
No, I'm not narrowing it down
for you.
Is it east or West?
Yes, I'm not telling you, OK.
No.
Just guess.
Already.
Why don't you tell you what it
is and then you can say the name
after like you thought?
Of California.
No how.
Forget it dude, just tell us.
Syracuse Special Edition.
Corojo.
OK.
The new collegiate cigar honors
this university.
I was trying to I guess places.
Could have just said like
Auburn, Ohio State, like I said,
California, you just gonna No,
that's a.
State with the kids.
California University, that's
what.
But that's not what you were
saying.
You didn't.
Children, children, don't make
me turn this car around you.
Know that you were just trying
to name a state.
OK, who's the player?
Though children don't make me
come back there in between you
2.
If you say Carmelo Anthony.
Carmelo Anthony?
I don't know.
I ain't got that for you.
Let me read the first story.
Bring an orange pride to the
lounge or tailgating ritual.
It's rolled with a Honduran
corojo wrapper paired with
Nicaragua binder and a blend of
Honduran and Nicaragua fillers,
a combination that typically
delivers a rich, balanced smoke
with notes of earth, spice and
subtle sweetness.
Why is it always subtle
sweetness?
Just because it's not over the
top.
Presented as a Toro and packaged
in vibrant Syracuse blue boxes
featuring the school's logo and
branded bands, it's a much
collector's piece as a flavorful
cigar about It's a 20 count box.
I want a single stick.
Price, gentlemen. 20 bucks.
$18.00. 1450 Wow.
Did you say?
The box was blue.
Yes, Syracuse Blue.
They're the Syracuse Orangemen.
It's it's blue with an orange
logo on it.
So the colors must be blue and
orange, I'm guessing.
All right.
The player.
Oh, sorry, the player is from
Mississippi State.
Oh wow, that really?
Mississippi State.
Oh, Mississippi State, not
Mississippi City.
Yeah, Syracuse's colors are blue
and orange.
OK.
From Mississi, I don't know
Carmelo Anthony.
I don't know where that is,
Michael.
Mississippi State.
Mississippi State, No idea.
Dak Prescott.
Oh, you know who he is.
Yeah.
Oh.
Are you kidding me?
I don't know who he is.
He's a quarterback for the
Dallas Cowboys.
Dude, you really got to turn on
the TV.
You must win.
If I do, it's not going to show
me sports.
It's Animal Planet.
It's movie.
It's hard to find a movie I
haven't seen anymore.
Do they have the National
Geographic and Animal Planet?
It's on Sling.
And you watch it.
No, I don't watch it about it.
Watches World War 2 history
videos.
Is that where they get that
super rare?
Tobacco from if it was not that
I was on, but I don't know as a
as a.
Rule World War 2.
The other new yeah, because I
was there.
The other new, The other new
releases celebrate Dak
Prescott's collegiate route is
Mississippi State University,
blending supporting heritage
with premium tobacco
craftsmanship.
This version uses a Sumatra
rapper over Honduran and
Nicaraguan tobacco's, offering a
slightly different flavor
profile that leans into bold,
spicy characteristics with
smooth complexity and subtle
sweetness.
Subtle sweetness.
The box art features Mississippi
State branding and Prescott
signature, making it a stand out
for fans and NFL star and
Bulldogs.
So what's his sticks cost
gentlemen?
20 count dogs.
Why?
Yeah.
Why is it Bulldogs?
I have no idea.
Are we talking about Syracuse
University or are we talking
about like?
Mississippi Mississippi Is it
Mississippi State Bulldogs?
So.
Like the Georgia Bulldogs.
Not from the same college.
Correct.
OK, I'm.
Sorry, Yeah, it's different.
Mississippi State.
This is where this Prescott
fellow went.
This Prescott fellow, you know,
Skip's really going to berate
you on this whole thing because
he does like the Cowboys.
I don't know sports.
I just like saying Bocock.
It is a bulldog.
Well, there we go.
I knew nothing about Dak
Prescott's.
Or Mississippi State.
Yeah, except that you should
take them and the over.
I thought he was talking about
like the actual state.
Price of the cigars, gentlemen.
Price of the cigars.
Come on 20 count bucks.
Hello.
Of something for Dak Prescott.
Hello.
Dak Prescott is cigar. 2515
dollars.
What did boot say 251625?
Why does it matter what I said
when he's a dollar away?
Because you said yours first.
Just.
Want to confirm how wrong you
were?
Maybe you would have said the
exact price.
How do I know?
1625.
Too late now.
In context, both cigars are part
of Bocock Brothers larger
Collegiate series, officially
licensed premium cigar honoring
various universities, distinct
blends and school themed
packaging.
These releases reflect the
company's strategy of blending
tobacco craftsmanship and
college students and fan
identity.
This is a brilliant marketing
strategy.
No, I've said it before.
But perfect for game days,
alumni gatherings or collectors,
these two editions give fans a
smoke with a story celebrating
heritage, athletics and finely
crafted tobacco.
You can only buy these on the
Bocock website currently.
Really.
The Bococky.
Yeah, maybe the school store.
Not Bococky Bocock, maybe the
school store or whatever it's
called does not have a tobacco
waste.
I need you to bring this energy
all the time.
This is this is what we need
from you all the time.
Have you seen any of the other
cigars that they made?
Like seeing people smoke them.
No, I don't hang out at colleges
at football games, Yeah.
Like have they taken pictures
and put them online is on top?
Of nobody.
Nobody upstairs has been walking
in with a Syracuse University.
Yeah, like, hey, check this out.
Hey look what I got, bought it
online.
I'm a big Syracuse guy.
Big Syracuse guy, right?
We.
We care.
However, there's a market, all
the colleges, however, there is
a market for that.
Well, he's they've taken on some
other ones.
They've done LSU.
Yeah, they've done four or five
different colleges and then they
do like a player.
From a How do you not do
University of Florida?
Maybe they haven't, maybe
because they won't sell them the
licensing.
Yeah, maybe they got to work on
the agreement.
It's not like you just go.
You know what?
I would like to do one for
Syracuse.
Fuck you, I'm doing it now.
Gators get their logo online,
right?
Yeah.
And then we'll do the Gators get
that alligator.
I like that alligator.
A lot.
Do they have a Bocock cigar?
Their own cigars.
Yes, they have their own cigars.
OK, so it's not just
universities?
These are the guys that
discovered that you should make
San Andreas.
That's those guys, right?
I think so, yeah.
That's what too, right?
We have invented the San Andreas
cigar.
Now the Sumatra.
Wow, that's a great idea.
That was the show I saw it on.
When he does that, everybody
gets 5 minutes and then it runs
into 15.
Right.
Yeah.
Sure.
All right.
Now we have the fastest growing
game on the Internet and in the
cigar industry.
What's the score?
I was on point on that.
One you wear boots, shoes off.
No, I was.
I had the microphone.
Right, he's over there doing
things with the.
I had to change the cameras at
the same time.
So my fingers were not work.
This is from January 12th, 2018.
Charlie Minato Cigars.
It's a Honduran cigar.
Oscar Valadares, Tobacco
incoming to review, 2012 by
Oscar Barber Pole 2012 Barber
Bowl you.
Want me to go first?
Yeah, you saw you point to me
84.
Starting low. 84.
Same thing.
Are you not trying today?
Why did you say starting low?
Because 84 is a low introductory
yes, all you got was a name.
Thought you mean we were lower
than the score.
Because Don King told me.
Don King didn't, all right.
Is it a 2012 Oscar?
2012 is not.
It's all.
It's got that.
Yes, you know, band.
From Honduras, the Oscar
Valadares Tobacco and Company to
Candela and Mexican San Andreas,
the Binder Nicaraguan, OK,
Honduran and Nicaraguan length 6
by 52.
Toro sells for $8.97 and they
smoke 3 cigars. 84. 84.
Oh my God.
What all?
Right.
Come on, Bomer.
Oh, did you guys guess?
Yeah, we guess.
Jack is trying to call me.
Oh yeah, you should.
Pick it up, too.
Ask him if he's called the
Syracuse Cigar.
All right, clue #1 the cigar
delivers a complex and involving
flavor profile, moving from
toast, charcoal and nuttiness
into unique notes like pizza.
Oh, he's calling because I said
he wasn't my favorite.
Oh, you're in trouble.
No, that's not up till Thursday.
Oh, that's right.
It was a Patreon.
Yeah.
Charcoal and Dunning this into
unique notes like pizza crust,
orange peel, peanut butter,
caramel, sweetness.
Keeping the experience engaging
from start to finish.
Oh, this is my favorite cigar.
I'm getting hungry.
Now, subtle sweetness.
I'm gonna smoke 85. 86.
Oh.
This is. #2 Despite some unusual
flavor descriptions, the
reviewer found the cigar quite
enjoyable overall, with full
flavor balance, medium strength
and interesting transition such
as the return of the nuttiness
and improved finish in the final
third.
That was it.
That was the second clue.
What do you want?
You want me to say the number in
the second clue next time?
Yeah, 87.
You went up off of that clue 86.
What did he say?
86. 86 Let's see, Construction
is the main drawback.
The cigar suffered from rapper
burn issues and a consistently
tight draw requiring multiple
touch ups throughout the smoke.
85. 84.
For many years, if you ask
someone to name a Barbara Pole
that was good, you would get a
singular answer.
Arturo Fuente, Hemingway between
the lines.
That's changed of late.
Thanks to the average from La
Florida, Dominicana, Quesada,
Roman Craft to Back and others.
You can now add Oscar Valadares
to the list.
Candela Box Press Barbara Pole
or not, this is another winner
from the company.
I'd recommend it at 12:13, but
at 9:00 it's an easy recommend
for a box purchase, even if
Candela isn't your thing.
He'd recommend it 87.
It's a good number.
I know I've done this before.
Is this the final thought?
Yes, that was it.
We're done. 88.
Oh, nice move, 90.
Yes, baby.
Bong bong, bong.
What happened to Bing Bong?
Bing bong bong.
We can't make another shirt.
I can't spell BA bong.
Bong.
We need 12 more shirts this year
or 11 though.
One a month.
Well, Smoke and Subscribe just
got launched, yeah.
All right, it's been able to.
Anybody got anything else but?
You should pick up the phone for
Jack, see if he's ever smoked
the Bocock cigars.
That's it, That's all I got.
All right, guys, this is it.
There's been episode 447 as
cigars podcast.
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Bye.
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